Oil-can.



No. 865,222. PATENTED 'SBPT. a, 1907.

I J. a. WOODWARD.

' OIL CAN APPLICATION FILED DEG-1.1906.

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UNITED STATES rnnr OFFICE.

JESSE G. WOODWARD, OF JELLIOO, TENNESSEE, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHNB. ANDREWS, OF COAL CREEK, TENNESSEE.

OIL-CAN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 3, 1907.

Application filed December 1,1906. Serial No. 345,879.

vented new and useful Improvements in Oil-Cans, of

which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to oil cans, designed more particularly for useby miners in supplying oil to their lamps or torches, and one of theprincipal objects of the same is to provide a simple can for attachmentto a belt to be Worn around the waist, and from which oil may be quicklysupplied to a lamp or torch.

Another object of my invention is to provide means for attaching theloop through which the belt passes, which will firmly hold said loop inplace and facilitate the manufacture of the device, as a whole.

Theseand other objects may be attained by means of the constructionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of an oil can made in accordance with myinvention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

Referring to the drawing for a more particular description of myinvention, the numeral 1 designates the body portion of the can, whichis made in a single piece pressed up into form, and comprising thecircular side portion 2 and the annular flange 3 surrounding said. sideportion. The body of the can can be stamped up from a sheet ofaluminium, tin, or other sheet metal, and may be provided with anintegral nozzle 4, said nozzle projecting from the top of flange 3, saidnozzle being preferably corrugated spirally to provide means forattachment of a cap 5 provided with corresponding corrugations. Fittedto the body portion 1 of the can is a disk forming the opposite side ofthe can from the side 2, said disk 6 being provided with an annularangularly GX tended flange 7 which may be soldered or otherwise socuredto the body portion 1 of the can. Secured to the disk 6 is a loop 8 forthe waist belt of the user, said loop 8 I having outwardly extendingfeet 9, said feet being projected through a slot 10 near the oppositeends of a strip 11 of suitable sheet material which is adapted to be soldered or otherwise secured to the disk 6 at the points-l2.

In assembling the parts of the can, the body portion 1 having beenstamped up and the disk 6 having been properly formed, the loop 8 isattached to said disk by means of the strip 11 provided with slots 10,said strip being properly secured to the disk 6 and the feet 9 beinginserted through the strip 11 and secured in place before said disk 6 issecured to the body portion 1 of the can.

From the foregoing it will be obvious that an oil can made in accordancewith my invention can be manufactured at slight cost and will serve theuseful purpose of containing a quantity of oil to be carried by theminer for replenishing his lamp or torch.

What I claim is:

The herein described oil can comprising a body portion stamped up from asingle sheet of material and provided with an integral nozzle and a captherefor, a disk for covering one side of said body portion, said diskhaving an angularly extended annular flange around the periphery thereofengaged with the body portion of the can, a belt loop provided withoutwardly extending feet and a strip of sheet metal having oppositelydisposed slots and re cesses for said feet, said strip being soldered tothe disk to hold said belt loop in position, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, I al'lix my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

JESSE G. WOODlVAItD.

Witnesses CLARENCE 'lmirnn'rox. )LuiIoN ANGEL.

